Historical Events In January - 01

1844  1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on this day in history.  

1845  The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed on January - 01.  

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from México  

1846  Yucatan declares independence from Mexico on this day in history.  

1846  Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) on January - 01.  

1847  On January - 01 michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment  

1847  Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing on this day in history.  

1847  On January - 01 michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment  

1848  Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua on this day in history.  

1850  On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76  

1851  City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line on January - 01.  

1852  Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps on this day in history.  

1852  The first US public bath opens in New York City NY on this day in history.  

1852  1st US public bath opens, in NYC on this day in history.  

1853  The first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on January - 01.  

1853  1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history hans Koessler, composer  

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)  

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) on January - 01.  

1854  On January - 01 james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)  

1858  On this day in history canada begins using decimal currency system  

1860  Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies on January - 01.  

1860  On January - 01 slavery ends of in Neth Indies  

1861  On January - 01 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City  

1861  On January - 01 president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful  

1862  On this day in history battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)  

1862  The first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.  

1862  On January - 01 uS income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.  

1862  On this day in history snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

1863  On January - 01 battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city  

1863  On this day in history battle of Helena AK  

1863  On January - 01 emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln  

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on this day in history.  

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.  

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.  

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on this day in history.  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.  

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52